PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
International Day of Education 2022 and Girls' Education (20 January 2022)

Motion Details

That this House celebrates the International Day of Education 2022; recognises the incredible work of so many charities and organisations that highlight the importance of and delivering girls' education programmes across the world; recognises how girls’ education in particular has suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Government to reinstate the 0.7 per cent GNI target for international development spending to assist the 129 million girls that are out of school; and urges the Government to give International Development its own seat at the Cabinet table once again.

Sponsored by:
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Scottish National Party
4
29%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
21%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
3
21%
 
 
Independent
2
14%
 
 
Conservative
1
7%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
7%
 
Sponsor List (14 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
SNP
Marion Fellows
SNP
Patricia Gibson
LD
Sarah Green
Chesham and Amersham
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
SNP
Carol Monaghan
LD
Layla Moran (Sponsor)
Oxford West and Abingdon
SNP
Kirsten Oswald
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
PC
Hywel Williams

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